Yup lots of injuries, 2 of which likely directly effected the World Series.

Chipper Jones

Chipper was placed on the DL for his strained Hamstring, but in actuality it was probably a combination of the hamstring and all of the other leg ailments he has had this season.   He’s likely going to be on the DL for at least a few weeks, but that’s what you expected when you drafted him.

Tim Hudson

Another…
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Tags: Aaron Hill, Brian McCann, chipper jones, hank blalock, Hideki Matsui, joe crede, john maine, jorge posada, michael young, ryan church, tim hudson

There is a long list of injuries to go over so let’s head right to it.

David Ortiz

Ortiz has taken great strides in his rehab stint and is hitting the ball to all fields with authority and even checking his swing without problems. I wrote a small piece on this over at RotoSavants (where I also write along with my main site…
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Tags: Adam Wainwright, alfonso soriano, Chris Carpenter, david ortiz, erik bedard, hank blalock, Jason Schmidt, jeff francis, Jerry Hairston, johnny damon, juan pierre, Kason Gabbard, mark mulder, Phil Dumatrait, roy oswalt, Ryan Freel, shawn marcum, Troy Percival, Troy Tulowitzki

Did you all miss me? I hope so. Only four games tonight, so not too much to report on.

Oakland traded Joe Blanton to the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday in exchange for three prospects. The prospects are supposed to be good, but they are in A and AA ball, so don’t expect them to have any fantasy relevance this year…
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Tags: carlos delgado, chris davis, gio gonzalez, hank blalock, joe blanton, mike hampton, Troy Glaus